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Morrisons this morning confirmed its long-awaited online grocery service would launch in January, delivered in partnership with Ocado.
The supermarket, which is the last of the big four UK supermarkets to sell groceries over the internet, will …
Selfridges is launching a Click&Collect service this week, with what it says is one of the earliest collection times on offer in the UK.
The launch comes ahead of a planned global expansion of Selfridges‘ ecommerce …
More than half of Argos’ sales are now multichannel, its parent company said today. Announcing its full-year results, the Home Retail Group said 51% of total sales now involved the internet alongside other sales channels. …
What is billed as the world’s first virtual rail is the centrepiece of a Marks & Spencer e-boutique that opened its doors in Amsterdam this week.
The e-boutique is part of a 500 sq m multichannel …
Tesco has launched its online grocery shopping service in Bangkok.
The new service will enable customers in the Thai capital to order from a range of more than 20,000 products for home delivery, including grocery, …
High street retailers must act now if they are to successfully adapt to survive in an omnichannel world.That’s the call from the Retailtopia panel of industry experts, which gathered today to discuss its vision paper …
Mobile will evolve as the main platform for retailers over the next three years says Martin Gill of Forrester Research.
The comments came ahead of next week’s Internet Retailing Expo (IRX 2013), where Gill is a …
The UK’s online performance marketing industry generates between 5% and 6% of all UK ecommerce sales, the first study of the industry has found.
The study, carried out by PwC for the Interactive Advertising Bureau UK …
Womenswear retailer Bonmarché is reinventing itself as a multichannel trader in the hands of its new owners.
Sun European Partners, which also owns the Alexon and Jacques Vert brands, bought Bonmarché out of administration earlier this …
Mobile Fun is looking for a buyer as it looks to expand further overseas and more than double its sales in the next five years.
Mohammed Hussain (pictured), managing director of the mobile accessories pureplay, says …
Yellow Pages business Hibu is trialling eMarketplaces in Oxford and Chicago as part of its strategy to move from a print and online directories business to a digital business.
The marketplace trials, at market.hibu.co.uk/oxford and market.hibu.com/Chicago, highlight …
Shoppers would rather buy on the high street than online – and mobile is making it easier for them to do just that, according to a new study.
The survey, commissioned by shopping inspiration app Udozi …
Burberry today said it would stick to a strategy that has included a strong focus on digital commerce, as it warned that profits would be lower than hoped.
The luxury brand, which sells clothes, accessories and …
Private sales etailer BrandAlley has reported a 20% jump in revenues over the first half of 2012 to £14m – with the leap in sales coming from mobile shopping.
Ignoring customers who get in touch via social media will, in just a couple of years’ time, be as harmful to a business as ignoring emails and phone calls would be today.
Analysts from research organisation …
Online shopping company Shop Direct has reported improved annual earnings on flat sales, and trading up in some key categories.
Unaudited accounts show Shop Direct’s EBITDA was up 36% year on year to £125m on sales …
Online sales are continuing to surge ahead at Domino’s Pizza, with the company taking more than £1.5m of online orders in a single day for the first during the first half of the year.
The interim …
Footwear brand FitFlop has chosen eCommera to improve its international presence and drive sales growth by developing a range of ten targeted transactional websites.
Under the deal, eCommera will replace the existing platforms with ten ecommerce …
This month’s feature in InternetRetailing Magazine is an in-depth look by our Editor, Emma Herrod, at the need for advanced qualifications in our industry.
At IR, we’re proud to have co-founded (along with Econsultancy.com and Manchester …
In today’s Internet Retailing interview, we speak to Rakesh Aggarwal, who founded beauty site Escentual.com, about how he has grown his business in its 12 years of trading – and what effect football has on …
